FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records. It is a part of the Free UK Genealogy family, which also includes FreeCEN (Census data) and FreeREG (Parish Registers). To search the records that have so far been transcribed by FreeBMD click on the Search button below.

The recording of births, marriages and deaths was started in 1837 and is one of the most significant resources for genealogical research. The transcribing of the records is carried out by teams of dedicated volunteers and contains index information for the period 1837-1983,
BUT WE HAVE NOT YET TRANSCRIBED THE WHOLE PERIOD. A breakdown by event and year can be viewed here.

FreeBMD is exactly that - FREE. We do not make any charge whatsoever for
use of the site. FreeBMD is a registered charity
and our objective is to provide free online access to the
GRO Index.
However, FreeBMD costs money to run and if you would like to make a donation
by PayPal click on the button to the left.
For other methods of making donations to FreeBMD please see
here.